From 38fbd50ff1a64d7d94a1fe77aa7150a83b081192 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wes McKinney <wes@posit.co>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:06:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add option to always show the collapse button in the data
 explorer

---
 .../ui/positronComponents/splitters/verticalSplitter.tsx    | 6 +++++-
 .../dataExplorerPanel/components/dataExplorer.tsx           | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/positronComponents/splitters/verticalSplitter.tsx b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/positronComponents/splitters/verticalSplitter.tsx
index 0a439d940d3d..a91133f0f3f1 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/positronComponents/splitters/verticalSplitter.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/positronComponents/splitters/verticalSplitter.tsx
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ type VerticalSplitterCollapseProps = | {
 	readonly collapsible?: false;
 	readonly isCollapsed?: never;
 	readonly onCollapsedChanged?: never;
+	readonly alwaysShowExpandCollapseButton?: never;
 } | {
 	readonly collapsible: true;
 	readonly isCollapsed: boolean;
 	readonly onCollapsedChanged: (collapsed: boolean) => void;
+	readonly alwaysShowExpandCollapseButton?: boolean;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ const getSashSize = (configurationService: IConfigurationService) =>
 const getHoverDelay = (configurationService: IConfigurationService) =>
 	configurationService.getValue<number>('workbench.sash.hoverDelay');
 
+
 /**
  * Determines whether a point is inside an element.
  * @param x The X coordinate.
@@ -136,6 +139,7 @@ export const VerticalSplitter = ({
 	showSash,
 	collapsible,
 	isCollapsed,
+	alwaysShowExpandCollapseButton,
 	onCollapsedChanged,
 	onBeginResize,
 	onResize,
@@ -412,7 +416,7 @@ export const VerticalSplitter = ({
 					/>
 				}
 			</div>
-			{collapsible && (hovering || resizing || collapsed) &&
+			{collapsible && (alwaysShowExpandCollapseButton || hovering || resizing || collapsed) &&
 				<Button
 					ref={expandCollapseButtonRef}
 					className='expand-collapse-button'
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/positronDataExplorer/components/dataExplorerPanel/components/dataExplorer.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/browser/positronDataExplorer/components/dataExplorerPanel/components/dataExplorer.tsx
index a97efb9586d7..0f03b58ee808 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/positronDataExplorer/components/dataExplorerPanel/components/dataExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/positronDataExplorer/components/dataExplorerPanel/components/dataExplorer.tsx
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ export const DataExplorer = () => {
 			}
 			<div ref={splitterRef} className='splitter'>
 				<VerticalSplitter
+					alwaysShowExpandCollapseButton={true}
 					collapsible={true}
 					invert={layout === PositronDataExplorerLayout.SummaryOnRight}
 					isCollapsed={columnsCollapsed}